On Saturday, the 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva became the youngest player to win a WTA 1000 tournament after her triumph in the UAE, and in addition to rising up the leaderboard, she also has secured her Top 10 debut (at No.
After taking down three Grand Slam winners last week in Dubai, Mirra Andreeva breaks into the Top 10, joining an elite group of teenage stars.
She has won 31 titles, made history at Wimbledon and earned more than $37 million. Now, Petra Kvitova returns to the tour not to prove anything, but because she still loves the game.
She entered the tournament without a title at this level, and she left it with her name alongside Coco Gauff, Iga Swiatek, and Victoria Azarenka on a short list of teenage champions. At 17, Mirra Andreeva is playing like she belongs there.
Top seeds Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend repeated their Australian Open feat to beat No. 3 seeds Hsieh Su-Wei and Jelena Ostapenko to win the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships.
Youth will be served in the final of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships, where 17-year-old Mirra Andreeva is set to take on Denmark's Clara Tauson for the biggest title of their careers.
The next generation of stars has arrived as Mirra Andreeva takes on Clara Tauson in the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships final. Advantage whom? We break it down.
Beating the World No. 1 could have been the headline, but Clara Tauson had other plans -- following up her win against Aryna Sabalenka with another composed performance in Dubai.
With no Top 5 seeds in the Dubai semifinals, a mix of experience, power and fearless shot-making leaves the title wide open.